The World's Columbian Exposition established a Neo-Classical revival in Chicago and across America. Although the Court of Honor influenced American architecture for decades to come, most visitors ...

Eiffel himself proposed an idea: a bigger tower. Merci, mais non. As plans for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago took shape, there was a void where its exclamation point was meant to ...

CHICAGO - Cherry blossoms are making a vibrant return to Chicago’s Jackson Park this year, just in time for spring. The trees ...

The Friends of the Viking Ship bought a property in downtown Geneva so the organization could build a museum to house the ...

Pabst is releasing Pabst Light, the first new light beer in over 40 years. Miller Lite was released in 1975, followed by Coors Light in 1978 and Budweiser Light in 1982.

The East Indian building was one of the delightful bits of color to which the Exposition proper was almost a stranger. Although the East Indian building was not erected by the government ...

According to texts shared with The Columbian, organizers told vendors that they expected to sell as many as 65,000 tickets for the expo; instead, vendors say that no more than 2,000 customers ...

With cement consumption at a decade low, it’s time to ask hard questions about housing, development and the Chicago area's ...

The mile-long Midway at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the closest an amusement seeker came to a sure thing in 1893. Strolling along, one could admire the belly dancing of Fahreda ...